Distinguishing between snake and lizard eggs involves observing size, shape, texture, and nesting habits. Snake eggs are larger with leathery shells, laid in clutches in humid spots. Lizard eggs are ...

Reptiles are not known to be the most social of creatures. But when it comes to laying eggs, female reptiles can be remarkably communal, often laying their eggs in the nests of other females. New ...

It isn’t just snakes that fill up the reptilian quota of egg-laying animals. A group of reptiles — known as squamates — ...

This fossilized egg was laid by Mussaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that grew to 20 feet in length and lived between 227 and 208.5 million years ago in what is now Argentina. The world's ...

A vast graveyard of eggs and bones suggests that a newly discovered flying reptile species, Hamipterus tianshanensis, probably nested in groups. The find cracks open an old question about pterosaur ...

The incident sparked alarm after initial reports suggested the eggs belonged to the eastern brown snake, the country's deadliest species. Volunteers from the Fawna NSW animal aid group were called to ...

Scientists have always thought that archosauromorpha, an animal group that includes crocodiles, birds and dinosaurs, reproduced only by laying eggs. But now, paleontologists have uncovered a ...

The eastern brown snake is the second most venomous snake in the world. The eastern brown snake is the second most venomous snake in the world. WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images An animal rescue crew was ...

Reptiles are not known to be the most social of creatures. But when it comes to laying eggs, female reptiles can be remarkably communal, often laying their eggs in the nests of other females. New ...

The largest reptile egg in the world has been found on Antarctica. The gigantic egg, which measures more than 11 inches long and 7 inches wide, was apparently laid by a sea monster about 68 million ...